Job scam quick guide: it's a scam if...

they want you to collect and forward money in any way (a "money mule" job). You'll wind up engaged in money laundering, personally defrauded via expertly forged cheques, money orders, etc, or defrauding someone else who pays for goods that never arrive.

they want you to receive packages and reship them somewhere else. The goods will have been obtained fraudulently, and they're just using you to make the shipping address appear local. You will be aiding fraud.

they want up-front payment (either to them or someone else) of any sort for anything before you can get the job. This is advance fee fraud: there is no job -- it's just a big con to extract money from you.

they want you to buy any kind of "membership" or "kit" in order to start. Forget it -- it's not a real job at all: they're trying to sell you something, and they're probably making a bunch of other false claims about it if they're pitching it as a "job".

it's a job offer, and it's spam. There are LOTS of these scams about, as you can see.

A brief glance at DNS records for www.seekjobdeals.com shows that thewebsite is being proxy-hosted by a botnet. This is hard-core organisedcrime -- not that organised crime is an unusual thing to report here.

Our company are trying to find as many people as possible, people whoare trying to find a job are perfect for us. We are a reasonable compnayand you will make good money with us. We are offering a job foreveryone and everywhere, any country. Anybody can handle this job. You don'thave to have any education degree, you don't have to have any pastexperience. Even if you are just a student an dlooking for additional money- this job is for you. You will not spend a lot of time for doing thisjob since it is a part-time job. The only one requirement is you haveto be 18+ years old.

A little bit about job:

A position is called "Bank Courrier". Your goal will be very simple.You get money from our clients and you pass the omney to our agents toanother country where our main Western Union office is located, or MoneyGram. You work 1-3 hours a day. Saturday and Sunday areyour weekenddays and you willnot work on these. We will pay you daily, depends onwhat sum you are working with. For examlpe: You recieved 2000 USD. Youget your 200 USD which is 10% and the rest of money you send to ouragent,we will provide you with details for every transaction. Job is very easyand money you will get paid are good, thus you will be able to make1000 USD and more a week.

If you are ready to start working with us you have to make aregistration on our website http://www.seekjobdeals.com Click "Register" . Afteryou make a registration on our website and within 24 hours we will startworking with you. If you are ready - go ahead and make registration andwork with us. We guarantee a stable high pay outs. {.W_SL}

It is my pleasure to write you in respect of our Company Wujiang Wanlida Textile Co., Ltd.

Based No.6 The Third District Nanshan Road, Shengze, Wujiang City, Jiangsu Province. China. We are experts in the sale of Textile materials; we export into the Canada/America and parts Europe.

We are searching for representatives who can help us establish a medium of getting our funds from our costumers in these areas as well as making payments through you to us.

Please if interested in transacting business in view helpings us, so our clients could make payment to you being a representative for us we will be very glad and compensations will be given and as well as other benefits.

Subject to your satisfaction you will be given the opportunity to negotiate your mode of which we will pay for your services as our representative/agent in Canada, America, and Europe.

Selected Products

Jacquard FabricCotton SatinPrinted SatinTwisted Satin

If intrested,write us through this email below.To this I look forward to your prompt respond via:

Note that no form of payment will be requested upfront in this endeavor.On our receipt of the above details we shall forward to our customer/clients to immediately contact you with the mode of payment.

I don't know whether there is a real organisation called "Electronic Foreign Investment Advisory Service", although I certainly doubt it. There is a real "Foreign Investment Advisory Service" (sans the "Electronic" part), and they've had impostors impersonate them with sufficient regularity that they have a caveat to that effect on their front page.

In the first instance this scam came to my attention via email, but a web search shows that there are more clones out there. The supplied image shows the website at http://www.kevintrinh.ca/jobinfo.htm, but there are others like it -- variations on a theme. The theme is "money mule", by the way. Note that the scammers have compromised someone's web-hosting account to post this page: the actual owner of the domain "kevintrinh.ca" has nothing to do with it directly, and there's no point trying to get his domain pulled. http://www.efias.net/, on the other hand, is a different story...

Thursday, October 26, 2006

The last time I saw a job like this, the scam was Advance Fee Fraud.They bait you with a dream job, and then ask you to pay a bunch ofincidental costs. But there is NO JOB -- it's just bait in the scamtrap. If a potential employer wants any money from you, it's a scam.

Cambrige Suite Hotel CanadaThe aboved named hotel, under the managemnt of Mr James Cole, themanager of cambrige suite hotels canada, wants suitable personal inwhich our hotel need about 10 men and women who can work and live insuite hotels here in canada. The hotel will be responsible for thepayment for his/her air ticket, and as well his/her visa in thereNationality countries.If you are interest, you can contact us at the below e-mail adress linkcanadiancambrigesuitehotel@yahoo.cawe look forward for your prompt reply.

Cambrige Suite Hotel CanadaThe aboved named hotel, under the managemnt of Mr.Paul Gill, the Manager Of Cambrige Suite Hotels Canada, wants suitable personal in which our hotel need about 10 men and women who can work and live in suite hotels here in canada. The hotel will be responsible for the payment for his/her air ticket, and as well his/her visa in there Nationality countries.If you are interest, you can contact us at the below e-mail adress linkcanadiancambrigesuitehotelottwa@yahoo.cawe look forward for your prompt reply.

Hotel Omni Mont-Royal1050 Sherbrooke Street WestMontreal, H3A 2R6 CAOmni City Hotels Montreal Canada Celebrity Hotel Lines Training and Employing For Greater TommorowHotel ServicesThis is from the omni hotel management board. The omni hotel management needs workers, whom are to be employed to work for the hotel in montreal quebec canada atleast for 1 year or more.The hotel management will take care of your accomodation visa and air ticket. If you are interested to work in the hotel with us , please write to us back as soon as possiblewith this mail address hotelommicity@yahoo.ca Thanks,Management. Omni City Hotels Canada. Rose grandy ( Hotel Manager).

WHO WE ARE?TrustPartners Inc is a Latvian company, catering for various servicesall over the world. We offer advertising and web design, programmingand software support, organization of various courses and seminars.Our clients in the USA and Europe enjoy a wide range of services andproducts and our sales volume is ever growing. As our business isdeveloping very rapidly, we need new people to work with us!

We need new agents, able to receive payments for our product and tosend the money to us. This part-time job does not need any specialskills in any special area. You do not have to spend much time to earnsufficient money to be added to your main salary. If you have goodbusiness acumen, can approach the target client, this job is right foryou! You are lucky to get a chance to become a part-time PaymentManager with TrustPartners Company!

AdvantagesYou will have the opportunity to work from home and to earn money.You will be working as an independent contractor out of your virtual office.You will have a commission from every payment operation.

JOB DESCRIPTIONAll you have to do is to receive checks/wire transfers/money ordersand to redirect them to other people following the details, whichwe'll e-mail to you.

HOW MUCH WILL YOU EARN?10% from each sale/resale operation we make! For instance: you receivea $1000 U.S. check or wire transfer to your bank account. You withdrawthe money and keep $100 (10% of $1000) for yourself. So you get $100of net income! The rest of the money you transfer to our managers byWestern Union. As you see, the operations are very easy.

Requirements to the candidate:-Maturity age.-Legal status of a resident in the territory of the USA or EU-Honesty and responsibility.-Opportunity to check e-mail several times a day.-Opportunity to work no less than 2 hours per day (possibly in the evening).-One or several bank accounts in one of well-known banks in your country.

Tuesday, October 24, 2006

This is yet another money-mule recruitment drive. The sender ispretending to be "Bid-alot Inc" (a real company), but there is noreason to think it's true. Furthermore, the sender has been verycareless with the reply address: the specified domain of "yahoo.co.au"does not exist. The UK branch of Yahoo! is "yahoo.co.uk", but inAustralia the address is "yahoo.com.au".

Our Online Bargain Association, Bid-alot.Inc has begun successfulcooperation with Australian auction customers.Due to the importance and security measures required for the entireprocesses to be legitimate and successful, different AustralianFinancial institutions assist Bid-alot.Inc during the initial bargainprocess.

Our international bargain association is very popular with thosewilling to sell or purchase from different parts of the world.That's when we are happy to offer different vacancies to thoseinterested in becoming a part of the Online Bargain Company.

Remote managerSchedule: 3-5 hours per day.Salary: From 4000 AUD per month + commissions for successfulcompletion of weekly duties with no delays.Requirements: online access, mobile and land line number, bank accountwith one of Australian Banks to process initial funds transfers fromAustralian clients to worldwide customers of Bid-alot.IncJob description: Assist customers from Your region with fundsprocessing from the initial bidder to the seller himself. Become theinitial third party between the seller and the bidder from Australianregion.

Cn'V Corvette Vacations.In connection with the introduction of a new first line support systemfor our customersthe Cn'V Corvette company announces an additional limited admission ofmanagementagents in the countries of Australia, New Zealand and Oceania.

We are searching for communicative, dynamic, honest and respectable peopleinterested in additional earnings and who are ready to learn quickly,to follow theinstructions and to show own initiative too.

This job is a unique chance to try out in a financial sphere. Besides,you will substantiallyincrease your income even if you work with us for only several hours a day.We do not require any special education but its presence isappreciated as well as thework experience. We highly appreciate and find very important anability to follow ourinstructions and conditions.

An applicant must:- be capable to work;- ability to create good administrative reporting;- have a bank account;- have an opportunity to give not less than 1 hour a day to this work;- ability to use PC, have an access to PC and Internet during the day.

This job will allow you to:- work efficiently from home;- increase available personal time;- achieve financial independence in half the normal time (1-3 hours per day);- interact and associate with other members in order to benefit fromtheir knowledgeand experiences;- become able to share time and money with others less fortunate than you;- develop high self-respect and esteem.

Sunday, October 22, 2006

A quick Google search for "shark logistics" shows that the name has appeared in a significant number of scams associated with a broad variety of domain names. The domain "sharklog.org" was recently registered for the minimum term of one year. At a glance, the job involves illegal forwarding of stolen goods/money.

We are currently accepting applications for Guarantee Manager Position.

REQUIREMENTS: Candidate must have experience with UPS and FedEx shipments, stableinternet connection at home. Computer Literate a must Ideal candidateswill need to fill requisitions and orders in a timely manner, abilityto lift up to 50 pounds.

We offer excellent compensation, benefits and opportunities forpersonal growth, flexible hours, training and development, as well asthe vacation schedule. Great opportunity to work in a fast paced environment and learn froma world-class organization.

JOIN A WINNING TEAM! If you are looking for a competitive wage, solid opportunity and acareer path to success, contact us now! We would LOVE to work withyou, so reply to this posting and send us your resume today. Don't putyour career in the hands of just anyone, put it in the hands of aspecialist. Join the Shark Logistics Staffing team!

Perfect Job. Don't loose you chance, apply now!

We are representatives of well-known company founded and based in USA, which deals mainly with financial services like escrow services for buyers and sellers on online auctions around the globe, offered both on closed commercial auctions (stock sales, business sales etc.) where the number of buyers is not large and on ebay.com, amazon.com, yahoo.com - well-known public online auctions.

This is a part-time job with a flexible schedule. You work only 1-2 hours per day (Monday- Friday).

This is work at home job. All communication will be online.

Job requirements: Internet access and e-mail.

There's no entrance or any other fees. The company covers all the fees related to this employment.

To the successful applicants we offer a position on a trial period (1 month starting from the beginning of work). This is the period when you will be training, receiving online support while working and being paid. The evaluation of employees on a trial period is usually at least one week prior to the end of their trial period. During the trial period, the supervisor can recommend termination. At the end of the trial period, supervisor makes his

The trial period is paid 1000 EUR per month. From every payment received from a client you will be keeping 8% commission. Your total income, with the current volume of clients, will be added up to 1800 EUR per month. Your base salary, after trial period, will go up to 1500 EUR per month, plus 8% commission!

You may ask additional hours after trial period, or proceed full-time.

If you are interested in this part-time job and would like to learn more about this position, please send us filled form to our e-mail: apply@advertise2you.com Our human resources managers will contact you within 48 hours.

Wednesday, October 18, 2006

Well, I have to give them credit for throwing in a lot of extra irrelevant detail as smokescreen, but "World Business Company"? Sending from a hotmail account with a myway.com reply address? I suspect that this job offer is a case of Advance Fee Fraud: there will be costs associated with obtaining the job -- the give-away is the bit where they say, "All expenses incurred in relation to this job offer will be reimbursed on arrival." No they won't! There ISN'T a job at which to arrive! That's the scam!

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: WORLD BUSINESS COMPANY <jobs_wbc013@hotmail.com>Date: 18-Oct-2006 10:53Subject: JOB OFFER WITH WBC COMPANY IN U.K.(55pounds/hr). APPLY NOW!!!!To:

Urgent Notification:We are quick to notify you of the vacancies available in our company, WORLD BUSINESS COMPANY ( W.B.C).

JOB DESCRIPTION:

The vacancies in the various company departments are as follows:

1. System Analyst

2. Software Engineer/Developer

3. Computer Engineer

4. Programmer

5. Computer Operator

6. Interior Decorators

7. Sales Manager

8. Marketing Manager/Other Departmental Managers

9. Delivery Men & Women

10. Automobile Engineer/Technicians

11. Electrical & Electronics Engineers

12. Sales Representatives

13. Hotel Manager

14. Hotel Attendant

15. Cleaner/Messenger

16. Transporters and more.

We wish to also let you know that; there is also Vacancies for qualified medical personnel and school teachers (Educational line), who can work in the company hospital and the company new modern school.

JOB LOCATION:

Europe (UK), USA, and Africa. Head quarter in Europe (UK).1. Job locations are in three (3) countries in the world2. The job sites are in these countries3. All staffs facilities are already in place to ensure proper safety of personnel and facilities on site. 4.We give free accommodation, free medication, and the company gives invitation letters that will enable you obtain visa to the branch you choose to work, the company give invitation letter, identity card , certificate of employments, working permit and some other document which will enable you obtain visa.

1. You should be entitled to a fully official car, bus and van on 24 hrs daily basis for local transportation.2. You shall be entitled to a suitable accommodation and security from the date of your arrival. 3. Free medical/health care services shall be provided by the Company's medical clinic and fitness club respectively.4. Free laundry service by the company's laundry/dry cleaning unit.

Detailed official copy of contract, traveling documents, including the above subject matters shall be sent immediately via courier on completion of your traveling documents.Now, your obligation is to obtain your traveling documents from U.K; due to time constraint.All expenses incurred in relation to this job offer will be reimbursed on arrival.

Job offers employment opportunities in

WORLD BUSINESS COMPANY (W.B.C): Send your resume/C.V. showing your educational history and certificates and any working experience, if available, and send to the email box given below as:

All documents are going to be processed by the branch manager of this company.

W.B.C.

believes that it is loyal and dependable employees that form the foundation for any successful company. We take great pride in the accomplishments of our employees and seek to offer opportunities and guidance for continued growth and development of all employees. W.B.C. is committed to providing fair and equal opportunity to all persons without regard to race, religion, color, sex, age, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status or any other legally protected status. At W.B.C; all terms and conditions of employment are, and will continue to be, established on the basis of the individual's qualifications and ability to perform the job. Interested candidates may submit resumes to our email.

You are advised to as soon as possible send your Resume/Curriculum Vitae or complete the required information below:

Your traveling documents, working permit, residence permit will be processed by the company's zonal traveling agency.

You must be above 18years of age to be able to apply.

Yours sincerely,

Cecilia David's,

Recruitment Officer.

CONFIDENTIAL NOTICE:

This email message, including any attachments, is intended only for the use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain information that is privileged, confidential and prohibited from unauthorized disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient of this message, any dissemination, distribution or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. If you received this message in error, please notify the sender by reply email and destroy all copies of the original message.

Perfect Job. Don't loose you chance, apply now!

We are representatives of well-known company founded and based in USA, which deals mainly with financial services like escrow services for buyers and sellers on online auctions around the globe, offered both on closed commercial auctions (stock sales, business sales etc.) where the number of buyers is not large and on ebay.com, amazon.com, yahoo.com - well-known public online auctions.

This is a part-time job with a flexible schedule. You work only 1-2 hours per day (Monday- Friday).

This is work at home job. All communication will be online.

Job requirements: Internet access and e-mail.

There's no entrance or any other fees. The company covers all the fees related to this employment.

To the successful applicants we offer a position on a trial period (1 month starting from the beginning of work). This is the period when you will be training, receiving online support while working and being paid. The evaluation of employees on a trial period is usually at least one week prior to the end of their trial period. During the trial period, the supervisor can recommend termination. At the end of the trial period, supervisor makes his

The trial period is paid 1000 EUR per month. From every payment received from a client you will be keeping 8% commission. Your total income, with the current volume of clients, will be added up to 1800 EUR per month. Your base salary, after trial period, will go up to 1500 EUR per month, plus 8% commission!

You may ask additional hours after trial period, or proceed full-time.

If you are interested in this part-time job and would like to learn more about this position, please send us filled form to our e-mail: apply@search4job.net Our human resources managers will contact you within 48 hours.

Secondary Well-Paid Job

Ladies and Gentlemen!

A large company with a world reputation, which deals with online investments, is finally expanding and looking for new representatives in Australia! We are planning the opening of our Australian representatives' network in November 2006, but we are interested in new representatives now, at present.

At the moment we are looking for independent agents, who will represent our company in regions. The work consists in accepting and processing payments from our Australian clients. This is a part-time position; you work only 3-4 hours per week. The full-time job will be offered you out of turn as soon as the official representatives' network starts functioning.

We appreciate the labor of our representatives and pay them properly. Your salary depends on your activity and capacity for work. You will be paid a minimum of 1500 EUR, but if you complete all the duties as assigned, you salary will go up to about 3000 EUR. By the way, the base salary for the full-time job in our representations is several times more.

If you are interested in our offer and would like to learn more, please send your filled out form to e-mail: register@buildyourcareer.org. Our human resources managers will contact you within 48 hours.

Tuesday, October 17, 2006

They give no details of what's involved with this job, but I'll take a wild guess and say it involves forwarding money. There probably exists one or more real companies called "Fower Land", but I doubt that any have any relation to these scammers.

The Vacancy:The company has an opportunity for a talented, highly creative persons. We are looking for someone who is energetic, ambitious and intelligent. We can employ people from all over theworld.

The successful candidate must possess the following skills and experience:- Excellent people skills. - Punctuality.- Skilfulness.

Main Advantages:

- Really High Wages.- Ability to work from home.- No sign up fees, no investment is needed.- All expenses (such as phone calls, webtraffic, etc) will be fully covered by our company. - AIDS\Disability Friendly team.

Degree:No degree required.

How to Apply:Please send your resume to our personnel manager via email flowerland@web2mail.com It must be maild in a TXT, Microsoft Word or RTF format.

This is a money mule job. eBay is just a cover story: there is no actual affiliation. It would be unwise to divulge personal information to these people, and very unwise to handle money on their behalf.

Would you like to work online from home, temporarily and get paid weekly?

If yes. We are glad to offer you a job position in our company, Ebay Small Business Limited As part of our Multi Level Marketing Network,we seek capable individuals to work for us as our representative.

You can easily make $300-$1000 a week or more just by collecting payment on behalf of EbaySmall Business Limited.

Sound like your dream job? Well, it certainly is for 10,000+ current members who are making $300- $1,000s weekly online with this system.

* No form of investments from you.* This job takes only 1-3 hours per day.Our Company manufactures and sells textile and fabrics, we have seller all over

Your tasks are:===================

1. Receive payment from Customers.2. Deduct 10% which will be your Commission/pay on Payment processed and remit our balance to us either via Western Union Money Transfer or Money Gram

Note: This job takes only 3-7 hours per week. This job is very challenging and you should understand it. We are looking only for the Honest and Open Hearted Individual who satisfies our requirements and glad to offer this job position to you.

It is my pleasure to write you in respect of this Company JIANGSUTIANYIN CHEMICAL INDUSTRY CO., LTD located in No. 19 Wunjing Road,Shanghai, China. This company is one of the most powerfulmanufacturers of Glycol Momomethyl Ether. Our products include Glycolethers and acetates/esters, block polyethers, plasticizers,pharmaceutical intermediates and other sophisticated chemicals, weexport our products to Canada, America and Europe.

Presently, we are faced with some problems most especially with ourPayment methods as most clients we have in the United States/Canadaand Europe prefer to pay us with cheque rather than cash. We find itvery cumbersome in accepting such payments due to the new monetarypolicy in our banking systems here in China and this is crippling ourbusiness. We have numerous customers in the United States/Canada andEurope, we cannot afford to loose them due to this problem.

We hereby request for your hand in partnership to act as our paymentRepresentatives (JIANGSU TIANYIN CHEMICAL INDUSTRY CO.LTD), who wouldlreceive payment on our behalf from our customers in the United States,Canada and Europe. You shall be entitled to 10% of each payment youreceive, on our behalf and this shall be a continuous process.

Upon receipt of this requested information, we shall provide you withthe necessary details of how to become our representative.For officialreference purpose, please send your response and acceptance back to usvia return email;jiangsu_chemicalindustry22@yahoo.com.cn.so as yourapplication could be processed by our representative department forfurther procedure.

Good Day!Our international company has a great offer for you; it's not just thegreat opportunity, but a chance to earn

good money. We have been working with such countries as USA, Italy,Spain, France, Great Britain and many

more. We are always in need of new workers new employees.Now we are offering a high salary job for you. We have best vacancies,just for you.We welcome anyone who is looking for a good job and who wants to raisetheir financial status, to help your

family or your needs. We have either full-time or part-time positions.If you are really interested please

provide us with the following information:First name:Last name:Country:City:Land Phone:Cell phone:E-mail:

Our email is euroimperial@web2mail.com

And we will contact you in 24 hours. If you want to work with us,don't hesitate, and we will lead you through

the process and will explain to you everything. We will wait for yourresponse, and we guarantee a stable high

salary and a lot of benefits with it. We are waiting for you, let usknow as soon as possible if you are

interested and ready to work. We wish you a Good Luck. Waiting foryour email to euroimperial@web2mail.com

Best Regards,

P.S If you don't wish to receive that email please write a blank emailwith the unsubscribe subject to

Wednesday, October 11, 2006

Summary

This is an unsophisticated attempt to recruit money mules. As so often appears to be the case, it is targeted at Australians (payment in AUD -- Australian Dollars). The provided point of contact is simply a "mail.ru" free webmail address. The overall modus operandi is extremely similar to that of UASW group, reported earlier.

Your Duties: 1. Open a bank account (or use the existing one); 2. Upon receiving a notice from our manager about money transfer withyour account, promptly apply to your bank and withdraw the sum. 3. Receive your 5% commission from the transferred sum. 4. Immediately go to one of express money transfer agencies(MoneyGram, Western Union) and transfer this sum in accordance withthe details, specified in our notice. 5. Log on to the Internet and send us the details of the transfer.

You will start work with 2 weeks trial period. Within trial period you will earn 5% from each transfer you will proceed. (Turnover will be about AU$ 3000-10000 per day)

Conditions: Payment for the investment agent's activity is made by a percent. After 2 weeks trial period full time contract will be signed. After that you will recieve additional 2000 AUD at the end of the month.

Why we need you: We had some lose of income becouse wire transfers to Russia or Ukraine clearing within 2 weeks. So we need you to recieve money same day.

After two weeks trial period full time contract will be sent to you. You will recieve 2000 AUD at the end of the month and 8% comission form each transaction.

Your should use bank, situated near your home and post office. If you will open new account - try to find branch where 6 working days a week.

If you ready to start send us SCAN of some of your ID document (Passport or Driver"s License) and your bank account details:

Tuesday, October 10, 2006

Summary

This is yet another money mule job scam which appears to be targeting Australians (payment is specified in "AUD", which presumably means "Australian Dollars"). It was sent directly to the contact address for this blog, however, so delivery is not particularly targeted.

The Spam

This is a plain text spam, no links, with only a contact email address for response.

Greetings Ideceive!!ABOUT US.

We are small new firm engaged in export of goods to overseasoutside my country.We have won various small exports contract at onetime or the other, recently we were (engaged) contracted to supplyfinancial programs for market analyzing, management project softwarein Japan which was successfully done.

Unfortunately we have faced some difficulties while receiving paymentfor our software in our country as need 10-30 days to get a paymentfrom your country. We do not have so much time to accept wire transfersand can't accept cashiers checks and money orders as well.So we need your help to accept this payments in your country faster.

CAREER POSITION:This is an entry level opportunity in the field of financial services.Our financial professionals work with clients to help them achieve theirmany financial goals such as saving on taxes.

Summary

This is a fairly blatant money mule job. The associated website explains that the job is targeted at Australians, involves having or opening a bank account, and transferring money via Western Union.

The Spam

The spam is HTML formatted text. The copy below does not include the original HTML formatting; just the text.

GET A JOB!

For online work in largest Advertising group are require managers with minimal computer knowledge.Work with e-mail, MS Office, Internet etc.- Excellent ability to problem solve.- Flexible hours- No financial risk, you do not need pay money for start work!Just honest hard working people that are willing to earn an extra income!Best regards,Bratello Mancini

Kraft Foods Australia is one of the leaders in the packaged foodsindustry and we have been around since 1926. Kraft is a household name in Australia, synonymous with foods of thehighest quality, produced for both local and overseas consumption.These include cheeses, mayonnaise, spreads, salad dressings, packagedmeals, snack foods, coffee and confectionery. Our headquarters is located in Melbourne with manufacturing plantslocated in Victoria and South Australia. We have reached big sales volume in the America/Canada market as areult of this, we are looking for dynamic sales force on the role asonline processing/payment officer whose duties will be processingorders as well as recieving payment on behalf of the company. You earn commission on your job. If this proposal sounds interesting to you, then take the first bigstep and contact us at: kraftfoods7@myway.com As soon as we hear from you, we shall give you the necessaryinformation needed for the contract. Thanks for your anticipated co-operation.

Saturday, October 07, 2006

Summary

This is a money mule job, identical in most important regards to the recent Israeli Brokerage Services Ltd and its predecessors. Note that one of the subject lines used mentions "israeli brokerage services", and this is presumably a lapse on the part of the scammers -- forgetting which false identity they are using at the time.

The Spam

The message is presented in a GIF image, accompanied by "filter buster" text coloured to be invisible against the background.

Representative Image

Names used as signature in image

Lisa Borkendann

Subjects encountered

Subjects are often suffixed with a timestamp.

high salary part time job

interesting part time job

israeli brokerage services calls your attention to the wonderful post

Offer for those who are looking for a part time job!

part time job (2-3 hours a day)!!

Part Time Job For You

we offer part time job.

work with us. earn more!

work with us - part time job!

Sender names encountered

Capitalisation may vary.

BRONSARD Advantage

Links encountered

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http://bronsard-advantage.net/html/header.php

http://bronsard-co.biz/html/header.php

http://bronsard-industry.biz/html/header.php

http://de-advantage.com/html/header.php

http://de-advantage.net/html/header.php

http://de-finconsult.com/html/header.php

http://de-finconsult.net/html/header.php

Website

Domain information (for experts)

Due to the large workload of researching this data, and its limited utility in practice, some domains which appear in URLs above are not documented here.

;; ANSWER SECTION:bronsard-advantage.biz. 1800 IN A 81.173.159.15bronsard-advantage.biz. 1800 IN A 82.41.31.167bronsard-advantage.biz. 1800 IN A 84.57.185.104bronsard-advantage.biz. 1800 IN A 85.181.51.147bronsard-advantage.biz. 1800 IN A 80.57.103.146

;; ANSWER SECTION:bronsard-co.biz. 1800 IN A 82.157.239.55bronsard-co.biz. 1800 IN A 84.172.82.49bronsard-co.biz. 1800 IN A 217.136.116.128bronsard-co.biz. 1800 IN A 80.98.111.24bronsard-co.biz. 1800 IN A 82.34.242.223

Good day,Debt Chamber Inc. is an established player within the insuranceindustry of UK who is currently looking for a part-time RegionalManager to join our team.We need Regional Managers who are Results Orientated, with StrongCommunication Skills for Established Organization.This role will see you making financial operations, as well asdeveloping other business opportunities through the promotion ofinsurance retail and other products to new clients.The ideal candidate must have an understanding of managing accountsand developing business or a knowledge of the motor dealer network;excellent communication skills and the ability to work in anautonomous capacity.We offer good salary plus commission.For further information, please e-mail to fbomb01@comcast.netThere are no entrance fees.--Only people with the right to work in Australia or New Zealand mayapply for this position.For advice on obtaining an Australian visa visit http://www.australia.com

Wednesday, October 04, 2006

Description

This appears to be only a slight variation on a recent scam under the name of apply@online-carrer.com. In fact, it includes the same phone number as that spam.

The Spam

JOB: Start earning right now!

Highly Paid Secondary Job

We are writing you on behalf well-known company founded in USA which main field of operation is financial services such as escrow services for buyers and sellers on online auctions worldwide, offered both on the closed commercial auctions (stock sales, business sale, etc) with the limited number of buyers and public online auctions such as ebay.com, amazon.com, yahoo.com etc.

This is a part time position. Your schedule will be flexible. You will need to spend on average 1-2 hours per day, Monday-Friday.

This is a work at home position. All communication will be online.

Requirements: You need to have Internet access and email.

No entrance fees or any fees at all are required. All fees related to this employment are covered by the company.

A position within our company on a trial period for one month starting from the beginning of the work will be offered to the successful applicants. During this trial period you will be receiving training and online support while working and being paid. Employees on a one month trial period are evaluated at least one week prior to the end of their trial period. The supervisor can recommend termination, during the trial period. At the completion of the trial period, the supervisor can recommend continued employment, extension of trial period, or termination.

During the trial period you will be paid 1000 EUR per month. You will also be keeping 8% commission from every payment received from a client. With the current volume of clients on average your overall income will add up to 1,800EUR per month. After the trial period your base salary will go up to 1,500 EUR per month, plus 8% commission.

After the trial period you may ask for additional hours or proceed full-time.

If you are interested in our offer and would like to know more please send the filled form to our email : interested@jobcenter-online.org Our human resources managers will contact you in 48 hours.

Full Name:Country:Age (or DOB):Primary phone number:Best time to call you:

Thank You,

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Summary

This month is my first sighting of this new name. The scam itself is the same in all important respects as the Norway Consulting Group scam, and I see no reason to think that this is anything but the same phishing/jobscam gang operating under a new name. The name change may be motivated by the fact that "Norway Consulting Group" was becoming too easily uncovered as a scam, and the fact that all of their ".cn" domain names for Norway Consulting were recently suspended. The job is a money mule position.

The Spam

As usual, the message is presented in a GIF image, accompanied by "filter buster" text coloured to be invisible against the background.

Representative Images

Early instance.

Instance received on 2006-10-09, which (unlike its predecessors) was not hyperlinked to the website.

Names used as signature in image

Tal Alkobi

Subjects encountered

Subjects are often suffixed with a timestamp.

A real chance to raise much money

Good offer for those who are looking for a part time job

good part time job.

High salary part time job.

interesting part time job.

israeli brokerage calls your attention to the wonderful post!

offer for those who are looking for a part time job!!

part time job (2-3 hours a day)!!

part time job for you!!

Part time job with immediate payments.

Part time job with immediate salary payments!!

the best offer for those who are looking for a part time job!

very interesting part time job.

We Offer Part Time Job!

Work With Us! Earn More.

Work with us - part time job

Work With Us!

There may be others, but these are getting too tedious to document. I'm sure you get the idea.

Website

Domain information (for experts)

Due to the very large number and constantly changing nature of domains associated with this spam, not all domains are listed here. The sample presented should be taken as indicative of the modus operandi of the spammers; little more.

;; ANSWER SECTION:israelibrokeragelimiredservices.com. 1800 IN A 84.254.20.235israelibrokeragelimiredservices.com. 1800 IN A 85.176.81.251israelibrokeragelimiredservices.com. 1800 IN A 88.72.214.124israelibrokeragelimiredservices.com. 1800 IN A 62.227.236.32israelibrokeragelimiredservices.com. 1800 IN A 82.83.123.156

;; ANSWER SECTION:israelibrokerageserviceslimired.biz. 1800 IN A 84.176.206.81israelibrokerageserviceslimired.biz. 1800 IN A 84.254.20.235israelibrokerageserviceslimired.biz. 1800 IN A 62.227.236.32israelibrokerageserviceslimired.biz. 1800 IN A 68.53.173.12israelibrokerageserviceslimired.biz. 1800 IN A 82.49.126.12

;; ANSWER SECTION:israeliltdbrokerageservices.cn. 1800 IN A 85.181.6.194israeliltdbrokerageservices.cn. 1800 IN A 172.186.187.219israeliltdbrokerageservices.cn. 1800 IN A 69.37.180.207israeliltdbrokerageservices.cn. 1800 IN A 82.240.104.190israeliltdbrokerageservices.cn. 1800 IN A 85.176.17.33

;; ANSWER SECTION:israeliservicesbrokerageltd.cn. 1800 IN A 84.171.84.224israeliservicesbrokerageltd.cn. 1800 IN A 85.181.6.194israeliservicesbrokerageltd.cn. 1800 IN A 172.174.230.56israeliservicesbrokerageltd.cn. 1800 IN A 69.37.180.207israeliservicesbrokerageltd.cn. 1800 IN A 82.240.104.190

;; ANSWER SECTION:ltdisraelibrokerageservices.cn. 1800 IN A 68.249.103.227ltdisraelibrokerageservices.cn. 1800 IN A 83.93.28.2ltdisraelibrokerageservices.cn. 1800 IN A 84.56.61.26ltdisraelibrokerageservices.cn. 1800 IN A 84.162.251.108ltdisraelibrokerageservices.cn. 1800 IN A 172.164.182.69

About This Blog

This blog is an offshoot of iDeceive, which documents deceptive Internet activity. For more general information, please go to that blog. All entries posted here are employment scams. If you've received an email that resembles anything posted here, you'd be well advised to assume that the sender wants to exploit you, not employ you.
Scammers often impersonate real companies. Where real company names are mentioned here, you should assume that a scammer is using that identity fraudulently unless you have strong evidence to the contrary.

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What is a money mule?

The vast majority of job scams seek to recruit money mules, usually under titles like "financial manager", "payment processor", "transaction specialist", or just plain "representative" or even "partner". The job of a money mule is to be a financial middle-man, accepting payment in one form, and forwarding it (minus a fee) to another party, usually via Western Union. Scammers employ money mules to launder money on their behalf: the mule is responsible for converting a fraudulent transaction of some kind into quick, anonymous cash, usually transferred via Western Union or some similar scheme. Scammers send out a lot of job ads for money mule positions and never refuse an applicant because they are disposable: money mules either get ripped off directly (as when they are persuaded to bank a forged cheque or money order which is later dishonoured by the bank), or take the blame for defrauding someone else (as with most payments involving direct bank transfer, PayPal, or similar). Don't make an ass of yourself: don't be a money mule.